Russell Evans (cricketer)
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Russell John Evans is a former English
cricket
er and current umpire
. Evans was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace
. He was born in Calverton
, Nottinghamshire
.
Evans made his List A debut for Nottinghamshire
against Hampshire
in the 1985 John Player Special League
. He made 4 further List A appearances for Nottinghamshire, the last of which came against Yorkshire
in the 1988 Refuge Assurance League
. In his 6 List A matches for the county, he scored 55 runs at an average
of 13.75, with a high score of 20. He made his first-class
debut for Nottinghamshire against the touring Pakistanis in 1987. He made 5 further first-class appearances for Nottinghamshire, the last of which came against Cambridge University
. In his 6 first-class matches for the county, he scored 112 runs at an average of 18.66, with a high score of 50 not out
. This score, his only fifty for Nottinghamshire, came against the touring Sri Lankans in 1988. With the ball, he took 3 wickets at a bowling average
of 32.33, with best figures of 3/40. With opportunities limited at Nottinghamshire, he left the county at the end of the 1990 season
.
He later joined Lincolnshire
, making his debut against Northumberland
in the 1993 MCCA Knockout Trophy
. He played Minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire from 1993 to 1997, making 33 Minor Counties Championship appearances and 10 MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances. He played his first List A match for the county against Glamorgan
in the 1994 NatWest Trophy
. He made 2 further List A appearances for Lincolnshire, against Gloucestershire
in the 1996 NatWest Trophy
and Derbyshire
in the 1997 NatWest Trophy
. While playing for Lincolnshire he appeared in a single first-class match for the Minor Counties against the touring South Africans. He opened the batting in this match, scoring 59 runs in the Minor Counties first-innings before being dismissed by Richard Snell. In the second-innings he was run out
for 30 runs. He also played List A cricket for the Minor Counties, making his debut in the limited-overs format for the team against Lancashire
in the 1995 Benson & Hedges Cup. He made 6 further List A appearances for the team, the last of which came against Durham
in the 1996 Benson & Hedges Cup. He scored 135 runs in his 7 matches for the team, which came at an average of 22.50, with a high score of 56. This score came against Durham in the 1995 Benson & Hedges Cup.
He has since stood as an umpire
in first-class matches, as well as Women's One Day Internationals and Women's Twenty20 Internationals
. In 2011, he was added to the England and Wales Cricket Board
list of reserve umpires, alongside Billy Taylor
and Alex Wharf
. His brother, Kevin
, also played for Nottinghamshire, as well as representing Shropshire
.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er and current umpire
Umpire (cricket)
In cricket, an umpire is a person who has the authority to make judgements on the cricket field, according to the Laws of Cricket...
. Evans was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace
Seam bowling
Seam bowling is a phrase used for a bowling technique in cricket whereby the ball is deliberately bowled on to its seam, to cause a random deviation. Practitioners are known as seam bowlers or seamers....
. He was born in Calverton
Calverton, Nottinghamshire
Calverton is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, situated approximately 8 miles from Nottingham.The inventor of the stocking frame, William Lee, was born here in the 16th century...
, Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...
.
Evans made his List A debut for Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws...
against Hampshire
Hampshire County Cricket Club
Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...
in the 1985 John Player Special League
1985 John Player Special League
The 1985 John Player Special League was the seventeenth competing of what was generally known as the Sunday League. The competition was won for the third time by Essex County Cricket Club.-Standings:...
. He made 4 further List A appearances for Nottinghamshire, the last of which came against Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
in the 1988 Refuge Assurance League
1988 Refuge Assurance League
The 1988 Refuge Assurance League was the twentieth competing of what was generally known as the Sunday League. The competition was won for the third time by Worcestershire County Cricket Club.-Standings:-Refuge Assurance Cup:...
. In his 6 List A matches for the county, he scored 55 runs at an average
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
of 13.75, with a high score of 20. He made his first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
debut for Nottinghamshire against the touring Pakistanis in 1987. He made 5 further first-class appearances for Nottinghamshire, the last of which came against Cambridge University
Cambridge University Cricket Club
Cambridge University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team. It now plays all but one of its first-class cricket matches as part of the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence , which includes Anglia Ruskin University...
. In his 6 first-class matches for the county, he scored 112 runs at an average of 18.66, with a high score of 50 not out
Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
. This score, his only fifty for Nottinghamshire, came against the touring Sri Lankans in 1988. With the ball, he took 3 wickets at a bowling average
Bowling average
Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket.A bowler's bowling average is defined as the total number of runs conceded by the bowlers divided by the number of wickets taken by the bowler, so the lower the average the better. It is similar to earned...
of 32.33, with best figures of 3/40. With opportunities limited at Nottinghamshire, he left the county at the end of the 1990 season
1990 English cricket season
The 1990 English season was one of the most batsmen-friendly summers in living memory. The size of the seam on the cricket ball had been reduced markedly from 1989, and along with dry conditions and the extension of four-day cricket this allowed batsmen to build huge scores: Graham Gooch became one...
.
He later joined Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire County Cricket Club
Lincolnshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs, which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Lincolnshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
, making his debut against Northumberland
Northumberland County Cricket Club
Northumberland County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northumberland and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
in the 1993 MCCA Knockout Trophy
MCCA Knockout Trophy
The Minor Counties Cricket Association Knockout Cup was started in 1983 as a knockout one-day competition for the Minor Counties in English cricket...
. He played Minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire from 1993 to 1997, making 33 Minor Counties Championship appearances and 10 MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances. He played his first List A match for the county against Glamorgan
Glamorgan County Cricket Club
Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...
in the 1994 NatWest Trophy
1994 NatWest Trophy
The 1994 NatWest Trophy was the 14th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 21 June and 3 September 1994...
. He made 2 further List A appearances for Lincolnshire, against Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
in the 1996 NatWest Trophy
1996 NatWest Trophy
The 1996 NatWest Trophy was the 16th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 25 June and 7 September 1996...
and Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
in the 1997 NatWest Trophy
1997 NatWest Trophy
The 1997 NatWest Trophy was the 17th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 24 June and 7 September 1997...
. While playing for Lincolnshire he appeared in a single first-class match for the Minor Counties against the touring South Africans. He opened the batting in this match, scoring 59 runs in the Minor Counties first-innings before being dismissed by Richard Snell. In the second-innings he was run out
Run out
Run out is a method of dismissal in the sport of cricket. It is governed by Law 38 of the Laws of cricket.-The rules:A batsman is out Run out if at any time while the ball is in play no part of his bat or person is grounded behind the popping crease and his wicket is fairly put down by the opposing...
for 30 runs. He also played List A cricket for the Minor Counties, making his debut in the limited-overs format for the team against Lancashire
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
in the 1995 Benson & Hedges Cup. He made 6 further List A appearances for the team, the last of which came against Durham
Durham County Cricket Club
Durham County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Durham. Its limited overs team is called the Durham Dynamos. Their kit colours are blue with yellow trim and the shirt sponsor was...
in the 1996 Benson & Hedges Cup. He scored 135 runs in his 7 matches for the team, which came at an average of 22.50, with a high score of 56. This score came against Durham in the 1995 Benson & Hedges Cup.
He has since stood as an umpire
Umpire (cricket)
In cricket, an umpire is a person who has the authority to make judgements on the cricket field, according to the Laws of Cricket...
in first-class matches, as well as Women's One Day Internationals and Women's Twenty20 Internationals
Women's Twenty20 cricket
Women's Twenty20 cricket is the newly emerging use of the Twenty20 match format in women's cricket. While both women's cricket and Twenty20 have themselves enjoyed recent success, women's Twenty20 has only been an international cricket game format since 2004...
. In 2011, he was added to the England and Wales Cricket Board
England and Wales Cricket Board
The England and Wales Cricket Board is the governing body of cricket in England and Wales. It was created on 1 January 1997 combining the roles of the Test and County Cricket Board, the National Cricket Association and the Cricket Council...
list of reserve umpires, alongside Billy Taylor
Billy Taylor (cricketer)
Billy Taylor is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.He started playing for Hampshire during the 2004 season, before which he played for Sussex...
and Alex Wharf
Alex Wharf
Alex Wharf is an English former first-class cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-handed medium-fast bowler, who ended his career with the Welsh side, Glamorgan County Cricket Club....
. His brother, Kevin
Kevin Evans (cricketer)
Kevin Paul Evans is a former English cricketer. Evans was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire...
, also played for Nottinghamshire, as well as representing Shropshire
Shropshire County Cricket Club
Shropshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Shropshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
.
External links
- Russell Evans at ESPNcricinfo
- Russell Evans at CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...